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5 hours ago
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Potgieter and Roy share PGA lead in Detroit with course record 62s
South African Aldrich Potgieter acknowledges fans after firing a first-round 62 for a share of the lead at the US PGA Tour Rocket Classic in Michigan (Gregory Shamus) Aldrich Potgieter and Kevin Roy fired course-record 62s at Detroit Golf Club on Thursday to share the first-round lead in the US PGA Tour Rocket Classic. Roy, a 35-year-old American chasing a first PGA Tour title, followed his eagle at the 17th with his eighth birdie of the day to be the first in the clubhouse on 10-under. Advertisement Less than 10 minutes later South Africa's Potgieter put the finishing touches on a round that also included an eagle and eight birdies. Potgieter and Roy both broke the previous course record of 63 -- matched Thursday by Australian Min Woo Lee and Americans Max Greyserman and Mark Hubbard. "Just one of those days everything was clicking," said Roy, who had seven birdies in the first 14 holes then chipped in from off the green for eagle at 17 after his five-wood second shot from the fairway rolled off the putting surface. "I was shocked my five-wood went that far," Roy said. "I had 279 (to) pin. I don't a five-wood that far, but maybe a little adrenaline or something going on. Advertisement "Luckily just trickled off the back, it was a fine lie and just had to kind of plop it up and it rolled in like a two-footer. Certainly a bonus," added Roy, who rolled in a five-footer at the last. That caught the attention of Potgieter, who had teed off on 10 and surged up the leaderboard when he picked up five strokes in a four-hole span, starting with his fourth birdie of the day at 16. He followed that with a 10-foot eagle at 17, a 10-foot birdie at the 18th and a tap-in birdie at the first. He reached 10-under with back-to-back birdies at seven and eight, and was finishing his round at the ninth when he saw Roy's score. Advertisement "I was standing on the last hole and I looked at the leaderboard and saw someone else at 10, so I was real eager to make that putt at the last," said Potgieter, who had a 12-foot birdie attempt but settled for a tap-in par. Long-hitting 20-year-old Potgieter is also seeking a first PGA Tour title, having come close in February only to fall to Brian Campbell in a playoff at the Mexico Open. - 'Gettable' course - Australia's Lee, who claimed his first US tour title at the Houston Open in March, had set an early target. He teed off on 10 and opened birdie-bogey. He made nine birdies the rest of the way, including three in a row to cap his round. Advertisement "Everything was pretty solid," said Lee. "I think the putter was working quite nicely." After the grind of the US Open and the PGA Championship, Lee was pleased to be on a course that was "quite gettable" -- especially after rain earlier this week. "It's quite nice to kind of play from the rough," he said. "Not that I was doing it on purpose, I would rather be on the fairway, but, yeah, it's gettable." Greyserman and Hubbard both played late, Hubbard firing nine birdies without a bogey and Greyserman posting 10 birdies and one bogey to join Lee on nine-under. Andrew Putnam was alone in sixth on 64 with seven players tied on 65. bb/rcw
NBC Sports
7 hours ago
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- NBC Sports
Rocket Classic 2025: Second-round tee times, groupings at Detroit Golf Club
George Savaricas sits down with Kevin Roy and Aldrich Potgieter after the two went 10 under in the opening round of the Rocket Classic to set the Detroit Golf Club record. This week's PGA Tour stop is at Detroit Golf Club for the Rocket Classic. Here's a look at second-round tee times and groupings in Detroit, Michigan. Golf Channel Staff, Justin Lower Mac Meissner Isaiah Salinda Joel Dahmen Keith Mitchell Kevin Roy Ryan Gerard Chan Kim Aldrich Potgieter Nate Lashley Patrick Rodgers Vince Whaley Ryan Brehm Hayden Buckley Greyson Sigg Danny Willett Henrik Norlander Ryo Hisatsune Harry Hall Joseph Bramlett Aaron Wise Stephan Jaeger Jake Knapp Tom Kim Davis Thompson Chris Kirk Si Woo Kim Ben Griffin Hideki Matsuyama Max Homa Matt McCarty Davis Riley Camilo Villegas Austin Eckroat Gary Woodland Cameron Young Garrick Higgo Rafael Campos Nick Hardy Chris Gotterup Emiliano Grillo Adam Svensson Chad Ramey Sam Ryder Harry Higgs Mark Hubbard Max Greyserman Nicolai Højgaard Kevin Kisner Doug Ghim Ricky Castillo Ryan Palmer Beau Hossler Ben Kohles Harrison Endycott Takumi Kanaya William Mouw Kevin Velo Luke Clanton Brett White Paul Peterson Kaito Onishi Andi Xu Frankie Capan III Braden Thornberry James Piot Thriston Lawrence Jackson Suber Joe Hooks Philip Knowles Thomas Rosenmueller Ben Cook Rikuya Hoshino Gordon Sargent Ashton McCulloch (a) Anders Albertson Cristobal Del Solar Vince Covello Lanto Griffin Alex Noren Alex Smalley Adam Hadwin Victor Perez David Skinns Carson Young Will Gordon Thorbjørn Olesen Aaron Baddeley Patrick Fishburn Ben Silverman Andrew Putnam David Lipsky Danny Walker Trey Mullinax Rico Hoey Chandler Phillips Min Woo Lee Cam Davis Wyndham Clark Nico Echavarria Patton Kizzire Peter Malnati Keegan Bradley Collin Morikawa Patrick Cantlay Luke List Lee Hodges Seamus Power Akshay Bhatia Rickie Fowler Matt Fitzpatrick Joe Highsmith Brice Garnett Francesco Molinari Nick Dunlap Kurt Kitayama Adam Schenk Webb Simpson Zach Johnson Byeong Hun An Erik van Rooyen Matt Kuchar Brandt Snedeker Karl Vilips Matt Wallace Taylor Moore Ben Martin Rasmus Højgaard Jeremy Paul Cameron Champ Michael Kim Jacob Bridgeman Trevor Cone Noah Goodwin Paul Waring Sami Valimaki Max McGreevy Alejandro Tosti Jesper Svensson Steven Fisk Evan Brown Antoine Rozner Quade Cummins David Ford Will Chandler Matthew Riedel Otto Black Hayden Springer Kris Ventura Mason Andersen Taylor Dickson John Pak Dominic Clemons (a) Michael Thorbjornsen Norman Xiong Michael La Sasso (a)
Powys County Times
7 hours ago
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- Powys County Times
Kevin Roy and Aldrich Potgieter share opening round lead at Rocket Classic
Kevin Roy and Aldrich Potgieter share the lead after the opening day of the Rocket Classic after carding bogey-free rounds of 62 at Detroit Golf Club. Both America's Roy and 20-year-old South African Potgieter, who started on the back nine, eagled the 578-yard par-five 17th hole and made eight further birdies to reach 10 under par. Australia's Min Woo Lee and the United States pair Mark Hubbard and Max Greyserman sit one shot back while Zach Johnson, a former Masters and Open champion, is among a cluster of players on seven under par. It was a forgettable day for fellow two-time major winner Collin Morikawa, who is seven shots off the pace and bemoaned his short game, including a trio of three-putts on the back nine. He said in quotes on the PGA Tour's website: '(I) putted like a blind man, honestly. 'It's just an uncomfortable feeling, shoving everything and not being able to square up the face. It's tough.'
The Independent
7 hours ago
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- The Independent
Kevin Roy and Aldrich Potgieter share opening round lead at Rocket Classic
Kevin Roy and Aldrich Potgieter share the lead after the opening day of the Rocket Classic after carding bogey-free rounds of 62 at Detroit Golf Club. Both America's Roy and 20-year-old South African Potgieter, who started on the back nine, eagled the 578-yard par-five 17th hole and made eight further birdies to reach 10 under par. Australia's Min Woo Lee and the United States pair Mark Hubbard and Max Greyserman sit one shot back while Zach Johnson, a former Masters and Open champion, is among a cluster of players on seven under par. It was a forgettable day for fellow two-time major winner Collin Morikawa, who is seven shots off the pace and bemoaned his short game, including a trio of three-putts on the back nine. He said in quotes on the PGA Tour's website: '(I) putted like a blind man, honestly. 'It's just an uncomfortable feeling, shoving everything and not being able to square up the face. It's tough.'
Reuters
8 hours ago
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Aldrich Potgieter, Kevin Roy break course record at Rocket Classic
June 26 - The course record at Detroit Golf Club was threatened, tied and then finally toppled on Thursday at the Rocket Classic. After budding Australian star Min Woo Lee carded a 9-under-par 63 to match the course record, it came down when Aldrich Potgieter of South Africa wrapped up a 10-under 62. Just minutes after Potgieter's round was complete, Kevin Roy also signed for a 62. They carry a one-shot lead in the tournament into Friday. By day's end, the old record looked like child's play, as Mark Hubbard and Max Greyserman also finished up with 63. Potgieter got off to a white-hot start, shooting a 7-under 29 on the back nine with five birdies and an eagle. He added birdies at Nos. 1, 7 and 8 and nearly made it a 61 with another birdie at No. 9 that missed by inches. "I (thought it was going in), I started walking after it," Potgieter said. "But it was a good putt, I'm happy with it. And it was on a crest so I didn't know if it was going to be left or right, so it was just a little unfortunate but I'll take the 62 still." Roy finished his round eagle-birdie to match Potgieter's number. Roy chipped in for eagle from 30 feet at the par-5 17th hole and then stuck his approach at No. 18 to about 5 feet to set up his final birdie. "Just one of those days everything was clicking," Roy said. "Lot of fairways, lot of greens, putter got hot, bonus chip-in on 17 for eagle. It's just when you've got it going, it's a lot of fun to try to keep it going. Yeah, just really happy with it." --Field Level Media
